Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-02
81 PEANUTS HANY USES.

81 tic much ao1Seu oAO'ncAj Uu0
4 cstty y sr ra blooming chestnut, yet ne is
3 ID sna s't home in the Fifth avenue
s. eqa'ly n he is in the tenement on the
8 al'c' ID = II is equally loved and respected
j Bsnd, 'p .itbough he is often sugared in
j D c.o,e fashionable quarter, .,,.noo. -
& bs ncI ne Tor for moment would suspect II,
20 o I,, ~ sS5tbere's millions in it." Not
5ai FssgS the peanut afford scomforta PIE
q oily doss n thousands of gentlemen who
8 ring " Italy for Italy's good, to
Fl cut SUI! e. merchants at the street
bOon o ~ Gotham, but il aids in giving
,grners VI ,t N other thousands on three
np,i!oossnnts-Europe, Africa and America;
'o1a ar, virginia southwark to the Gun
IIoai ,o II grows in crest abundance,
Of MsA Mons of bushels are dug up an
nd = A! ~ nrovice strength for people who
lHslI ~. - circus and who ere compelled
stsla. - N fhe ancient Jokes of the clown.
i TO lis'en .o ~ Frost first makes himself &C
we. ~ nth the besutiful autumn then
qasanasnut farmer is in his glory. he
he P sinseIf at carly dawn to the field,
hss Nth 18th q pronged hoe, and digs up
sinsu les. lest peanut. For the peanut is
he l.90 and hides from the vulgar gaze.
n2a5 s5 II is q PECULIARLY OF this nut to
l5oss!ei - nods into instead Of out OF the
push ~ Hence it requires digging to
g. ..ir The crop. The farmer with MS
o. ,,rtu hoe pulls out the vine with the
p !opsSIH .ttsched, and leaves them on the
Ps-- -.s tor two or three days to dry.
c:ou-5a 10 removes them to q shed, where
l ,- onietIv rest for two weeks. The
NY : are then picked from the vine and
l y. raadv for the tanning mill.
a o .e hundred bushels to the sore is r
,.i Gr sstimste, and good peanuts are worth
i - :, brsnel. II q manor a woman, for
s.e materials d one hundred-acre
, ,ls- he can have 6 great quantity of pea
, 1-tc which, when exchanged for dollars,
. LUZ tr.de dollars, will net HIM q hand
s ..-oo Tefurn for his outlay and labor.
VIZ V;rsirie. the nmother of Presidents, "
-,y he Also cslled the mother Of Ameri-
-. .-' nosnuts, That state alone furnishes
80 vesr over 10000 600 bushels. The
S,roli1ss send their quota, and so does
tennessee, though the peanuts from the
,ttsr state sre not as white as those OF
t5s other southern states, and hence moi
IS high priced.
The nuts are sent to the peanut fac.
NV, az csIIow youths sre sent to col
iea f 70 be busted, comirg out IS white as
,now-not Broadway snow, but just
cannon. everyday snow. The farmers
rsed 70 do the busting aud polishing q
5ome. but now they find it cheaper TO
lend the peanuts to the "peanut fac
toy"
At Norfolk, Va, there are nine of these
factories, where 100000 bushels-ofter
mOre-oi these nuts aTe cleaned, polished
and sorted by colored women.
OF course, ell peanuts ere not large and
handsome. Those with only one kerne
are placed in the shelter, which quickly
removes the "overcoat," and the lonely
pesnut slips through to fad lots of COM
psnY in the separator below, which sorts
them into three sizes: "EXtrs large
GNo. ~ and No. 9" Then the nuts are
packed up, sent north, and go to tht
hsuds Of the consectioner, the man Whc
gAvs his customers tafy.
4 better fate awaits the big, healthy
peanut, the aristoCrst, so to speak. L
comes out Of the tanning mill white and
npretty Is picture" with the shell IN
broken. These Sre sent north also snC
become the stock in trade of the STREE
Teuder and the "corner SPECTATOR
They buy the peanuts for 81 cents t
pound. The roasting, when they do i
themselves, costs them ] cent o pound
The loss in the process Of roasting is II
per cent, and the CHEEKY peanut comes
up smiling IN the LAST round at cost OF
SI45 bUshel. The Yendsr sells them
81 10 cents. But his quart is just little
contracted, and he manages to have forty
Of tIem to the buahel in defiance of al
rules Of measurement. Thus the nuts
cost hin SI45 Z bushel AND he receives
81 5ashel, s clear profit Of 50 So.
But let 10 one think thst this finishes
ne work Of the modest peanut. It's mis-
sion has s much Wider scope. Not only
Goes il figure Oh the street stand, but il
another form It often appears On the "a
ole Of even the best regulated families 8;
"o!ive OIL" Bat this deceitful ant
wicked peanut is not of native growth. Il
product Of foreign lands.
Inc peanut yields from - to 80 PEI
cent Of an Of, almost coloIIess Snd nearly
g2lal to olive oil in taste and quality
ms oil IS obtained in various ways, bu
Inc best IS furnished By means CT colo
compression, and France is responsible
II ne main for It.
dsTseilles does an enormous trade il
Oa7e oil, but all that is thus labeled is no
olVe oil by any means. LAST year 10,
yyy,CJO bushels of peanuts went into tbs
CI.y N their original shape and came ou'
II neat bottles as "olive" CT "huilt
a'oliTe."
ms is not su. "No pent-up Utica
I .sl the scope of the peanut. The OF
Wa. IS extracted is also used in making
.oAsI soSpS. 1t possesses the quality o.
.slueTlng the skin soft and white. Many
a. S sc'Tess who has given her certificate ss
" I1e worth Of some dainty toilet SOAP
nO0Id so into Mysteries If some knowing
ptGson yelled peanuts"
5as usefulness OF the peanut does no.
s-9 mere lis sphere is very extensive
- eal Inc manufacturers OF chocolate know
s ~ isct remarkably well. They take the
9o-, Of the peanut, grind it to fine
S - a, and produce an excellent quality
VI Tme0ocolste" so called.
i,: tlas IN many and divers ways thu
. .;.a- OF childhood, the companion of TIT
,,.s gets in its work and shows tina
'aefe's millions in it,"